Ambika Tirupathi Enterprise Software Validation Sanjay Krishna Enterprise Firmware Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters for Dell PowerEdge Servers This Dell technical brief gives an overview of Fibre Channel host bus adapters and how to implement them on Dell PowerEdge servers
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Ambika Tirupathi Enterprise Software Validation
Sanjay Krishna Enterprise Firmware
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters for
Dell PowerEdge Servers
This Dell technical brief gives an overview of Fibre Channel host bus adapters and how to implement them on Dell PowerEdge servers
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters for Dell PowerEdge Servers
iDRAC7 web interface ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Supported Fibre Channel cards .......................................................................................................................... 6 Fibre Channel card use case scenarios ............................................................................................................. 6
Use case: Fibre Channel card not installed .................................................................................................. 6 Use case: Fibre Channel card installed without drivers .............................................................................. 7 Use case: Fibre Channel card installed but not connected to Fibre Channel switch ......................... 10
Use case: Fibre Channel card with correct drivers connected to Fibre Channel switch ................... 13 Use case: Multiple Fibre Channel ports on a single installed card ......................................................... 16 Use case: Multiple Fibre Channel cards with correct drivers installed .................................................. 18
The parameters of a Fibre Channel card can help you with Fibre Channel setup, Fibre Channel debug, and
Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) integration on a host server.
Fibre Channel device design for PowerEdge servers Fibre Channel cards are connected to the same slots on the host server as the NICs. Figure 1 illustrates the
interaction between the Fibre Channel cards, the iDRAC7, the host operating system, and the BIOS. The
iDRAC7 accesses the Fibre Channel cards through the host operating system. The Fibre Channel port
contains a number of parameters that describe the Fibre Channel connection, such as the speed of the
connection and the port type. The iDRAC7 provides configuration information about each individual port,
and receives real-time information from the card such as the number of packets/frames received or the
error packets. See the Fibre Channel card use case s section for a list of configuration parameters.
Fibre Channel device design for PowerEdge servers Figure 1.
iDRACHII runs in partition
HOST Operating System and BIOS
FC HBA 1 FC HBA 2 FC HBA 3
Real-time information
and inventory
static information
to iDRAC
Provisioning information
and configuration
of Fibre Channel cards
from iDRAC
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Fibre Channel software architecture for PowerEdge servers The flow of information for a Fiber Channel card on a PowerEdge server is as follows.
1) Software modules called Hardware Inventory and Information (HII), Remote Enablement (RE), and
In this output, OS Driver Version returns Unavailable indicating that a Fibre Channel card is installed
without a driver.
PCI Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Sub Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Device ID: 2532 PCI Sub Device ID: 015d PCI Bus: 12 PCI Device: 0 PCI Function: 0 Vendor Name: Unavailable Device Name: QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter - 21000024FF42FC3C WWN: 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWN: 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C WWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C Chip Type: ISP2532 Family Version: 02.57.14 EFI Version: 2.34 OS Driver Version: Unavailable First FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 First FC Target LUN: 0 Second FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 Second FC Target LUN: 0 Hard Zone Address: 0 Hard Zone Enable: Disabled FC Tape Enable: Disabled Loop reset Delay: 5 Frame Payload Size: 2048 Fabric Login Retry Count: 0 Fabric Login Timeout: 0 Port Login Retry Count: 8 Port Login Timeout: 3000 Port Down Retry Count: 45 Port Down Timeout: 0 Link Down Timeout: 45000 Port Number: 1 Port Speed: 0 No capabilities found for FQDD "FC.Slot.1-1"
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WSMan
Use the following WSMan command to see if a Fibre Channel card and driver are installed.
winrm e http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_FCView -u:root -
The output indicates that a Fibre Channel card is installed, but is not connected to the Fibre Channel switch.
PCI Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Sub Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Device ID: 2532 PCI Sub Device ID: 015d PCI Bus: 12 PCI Device: 0 PCI Function: 0 Vendor Name: Unavailable Device Name: QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter - 21000024FF42FC3C WWN: 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWN: 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C WWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C Chip Type: ISP2532 Family Version: 02.57.14 EFI Version: 2.34 OS Driver Version: 9.1.10.27 First FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 First FC Target LUN: 0 Second FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 Second FC Target LUN: 0 Hard Zone Address: 0 Hard Zone Enable: Disabled FC Tape Enable: Disabled Loop reset Delay: 5 Frame Payload Size: 2048 Fabric Login Retry Count: 0 Fabric Login Timeout: 0 Port Login Retry Count: 8 Port Login Timeout: 3000 Port Down Retry Count: 45 Port Down Timeout: 0 Link Down Timeout: 45000 Port Number: 1 Port Speed: 0 No capabilities found for FQDD "FC.Slot.1-1"
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WSMan
Use the following WSMan command to determine if a Fibre Channel card is installed and connected to the
Fibre Channel switch.
winrm e http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_FCView -u:root -
The output indicates that a Fibre Channel card is installed and connected to the Fibre Channel switch.
PCI Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Sub Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Device ID: 2532 PCI Sub Device ID: 015d PCI Bus: 12 PCI Device: 0 PCI Function: 0 Vendor Name: Unavailable Device Name: QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter - 21000024FF42FC3C WWN: 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWN: 0:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C WWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C Chip Type: ISP2532 Family Version: 02.57.14 EFI Version: 2.34 OS Driver Version: 9.1.10.27 First FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 First FC Target LUN: 0 Second FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 Second FC Target LUN: 0 Hard Zone Address: 0 Hard Zone Enable: Disabled FC Tape Enable: Disabled Loop reset Delay: 5 Frame Payload Size: 2048 Fabric Login Retry Count: 0 Fabric Login Timeout: 0 Port Login Retry Count: 8 Port Login Timeout: 3000 Port Down Retry Count: 45 Port Down Timeout: 0 Link Down Timeout: 45000 Port Number: 1 Port Speed: 0 Max Number of IOs per connection supported: 9 Maximum number of Logins per port: 8 Maximum number of exchanges: 9 Maximum NPIV per port: 1 Maximum number of FC Targets supported: 8 Maximum number of outstanding commands across all connections: 9 Flex Addressing: Capable UEFI: Capable FC Boot: Capable On Chip Thermal Sensor: Capable Feature Licensing: Not Capable
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WSMan
Use the following WSMan command to determine if a Fibre Channel card is installed and connected to the
Fibre Channel switch.
winrm e http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_FCView -u:root -